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2017 ITEMIZER-OBSERVER ALL-REGION BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Polk Pedalers to
meet Sunday
DALLAS — The Polk
Pedalers Bicycle Club will
meet Sunday at the Na-
tional Psoriasis Foundation
fundraiser at Riverview
Park in Independence.
To ride or volunteer, con-
tact Marshall, marshall-
@marshallguthrie.com.
For the love of
the game
Cross Creek
men’s club results
DALLAS — Cross
Creek’s men’s club results
for June 3:
Two-Man Scramble
Gross: 1, Rocky Kygar-
Kevin Moen, 66; 2, Bob
Bennett-Ken Ross, 69; 3
(tie), Wayne Weather-Steve
Vedrode, Jim Schroeder-
Ken Colliflower and Bill
Karjala-Darrell Weaver, 71.
Net: 1, Vern Smith-Ray
Stratton, 54.75; 2, Ted Ben-
nett-Landon Ross, 59.25; 3,
J o h n M a n gi n i , S h e r m
Ober, 60.5; 4, Darrel John-
son-Ed Johnson, 61.5.
June 6
Loss gross/low net
Gross: 1 (tie), Kevin
Moen and Kevin O’Brien,
38; 3 (tie), Wayne Weathers
and Jim Schroeder, 39; 5
(tie), Mike Puentes and Ted
Bennett, 40; 7 (tie), Derrill
Weaver and Lee Gamaney,
41.
Net: 1, Glen White, 31; 2,
John Mangini, 34; 3 (tie),
Vern Smith, Bob Hughes,
Junior Carmona, Darrel
S m e d s t a d a n d D a n ny
Klassen, 35; 8 (tie), Ken
Dankenbring, Bob Ben-
nett, Rocky Kygar and
John Hopkins, 36; 12 (tie),
Jack Duncan, Ken Ross,
Larr y Hatcher and Al
Fahlman, 37.
Cross Creek
women’s club
results
DALLAS — Cross Creek
Women’s Club results for
June 5.
Net: 1 (tie), Suzy De-
schler, Shirley Watson,
Laurilee Hatcher and Vera
Flaming, 31; 5 (tie), Meri
McLeod and Vicky Heffner,
7, Barb Largent, 34.
Registration
open for camp
MONMOUTH — Regis-
tration is open for Western
Oregon’s speed and agility
camps.
The camps are open for
kids ages 6 to 18 and will
run weekly July 5-Aug. 2.
Cost is $25 per week or
$100 for all 13 sessions.
WOU strength and con-
ditioning staff will lead the
camps, which are aimed at
helping young athletes to
develop power, increase
vertical jump, strength and
flexibilit y and overall
speed, while decreasing
the risk of injury.
For more information or
to register: www.wou-
wolves.com/news/2017/6/
7/athletics-summer-speed-
agility-camps-registration-
open.aspx.
Sign-ups for
tennis tourney
have begun
MONMOUTH/INDEPEN-
DENCE — Sign-ups for the
Monmouth-Independence
Fourth of July Tennis Tour-
nament have started.
This year’s tournament
will take place July 1 and 2
at Central High School and
Western Oregon Universi-
ty. Cost is $15 for singles
and $25 for doubles.
The tournament fea-
tures different brackets for
different skill levels. Fa-
ther/son
and
mother/daughter doubles
categories are available.
The deadline to enter is
June 27. Playing times and
locations will be available
once registration closes.
Make checks payable to
M.I.T., 1040 Monmouth St.,
Independence, 97351.
For more information:
Patti Youngren, 503-507-
5760.
www.polkio.com
Holstad raises game
to new heights in ’17
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — Baseball is practically a part of Cen-
tral’s Jackson Holstad’s DNA by this point.
“I remember my family used to go to Volcanoes games all
the time,” Holstad said. “My mom had some hookups and
got us in the middle of the sky box. I always looked up to
those guys playing at that level and thought, wouldn’t it be
great to do that one day?”
Holstad’s love of baseball has only grown.
During his senior season with Central’s baseball team,
Holstad took his game to a new level. He led the team in bat-
ting average (.442), hits (38), RBIs (23) and home runs (6), as
well as provided a steady rock in the outfield. Simply put,
Holstad was a one of a kind presence.
“Nobody in the region put up numbers like Jackson did,”
Central coach Reed Rainey said.
His ability to spark the Panthers no matter what he’s doing
makes him the Itemizer-Observer’s 2017 Player of the Year.
See HOLSTAD, Page 16A
Cycling event heads to Riverview Park
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — The
National Psoriasis Founda-
tion is on a mission to raise
awareness about psoriatic
disease — and it’s ready to put
rubber to the road to do it.
Psoriatic disease is an im-
mune-mediated disease that
causes raised, red, scaley
patches to appear on the
skin and affects an estimat-
ed 125 million people
around the world, according
to the NPF.
A little more than three
years ago, the NPF was look-
ing for ways to spread
awareness and raise money
toward treating psoriasis.
Cycling quickly stood out.
“One (reason) is it’s such
a great form of exercise and
developing overall good
health,” NPF employee
Brian Willms said. “It can
also be a very good form of
exercise for those with pso-
riatic disease, especially
psoriatic arthritis since it
works to strengthen the
joints without stressing
them. Finally, bicyclists are
a demographic that tend to
be very giving and enthusi-
astic about the things they
Cycling
What: Team NPF Cycle.
When: Sunday, 6:30
a.m. (Full schedule avail-
able online).
Where: Riverview Park,
Independence.
Cost: $25 plus $150
fundraising minimum.
To register: www.npf.-
donordrive.com/index.cfm
?fuseaction=donordrive.e
vent&eventID=652.
do. This allows us to con-
nect with a community to
help further our mission
while creating awareness of
psoriatic disease.”
Now, the NPF is ready to
bring its mission to Polk
County.
Team NPF Cycle begins
and ends at Riverview Park
in Independence on Sun-
day.
There are four different
courses: 8, 26 and 62 miles,
and a 1-mile family loop.
Registration fee is $25 and
there is a $150 fundraising
minimum (children 12 and
younger are not subject to
the minimum).
“We will have rest stops
every 10 to 14 miles as op-
posed to every 18 to 20
COURTESY OF NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION/Itemizer-Observer
The National Psoriasis Foundation has hosted rides around the country.
miles,” Willms said. “We’ll
have plenty of bike mechan-
ics and bike marshals to
help ensure riders are safe
and supported if they have
an issue along the way. Fol-
low that up with our great
party after they ride that in-
cludes two drink tickets
(beer and/or wine for
adults), lunch and a mas-
sage, and our ride becomes
different than others.”
The NPF has been doing
cycling events for more than
three years across the coun-
try.
See CYCLE, Page 16A
DALLAS ATHLETICS
Booster club to raise funds for turf field
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer file
The Dallas Booster Club will raise funds to install a turf field at Dallas High School.
Editor’s note: This will be
the first part of a series look-
ing at the possible FieldTurf
installation at Dallas High
School. Part two will look at
potential benefits and draw-
backs vs. grass.
DALLAS — Dallas High
School may be closer than
ever to finding out if the
grass is truly greener on the
turf side.
Whether to install Field-
Turf is not a new issue at
DHS, but Dallas Booster
Club has called upon the
services of an expert to
help kickstart fundraising
efforts.
—
Bill McNutt is a believer
in FieldTurf — and it’s be-
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come a passion of his to
help other schools to raise
money.
“I’ve been involved with
four of these projects,” Mc-
Nutt said. “I was Booster
Club president at Sprague
High School three times. In
2007, we installed FieldTurf.
Since then, I’ve helped with
West Salem High School,
which did a resurfacing,
helped with McNary and
most recently, Silverton High
School.”
McNutt, who said he
began working with Dallas
Booster Club a couple
months ago, said they
asked the school district
and high school adminis-
tration for their blessings to
reach out to the communi-
ty.
See TURF, Page 16A
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